Off-task activity appeared more common in the larger six-to-seven-member teams than in the compact teams, though not in every larger team¶
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Currency · newest study 2020 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? On visual analysis, the authors judged that off-task activity appeared more common in the 6–7-member teams (Moon, UrPo, Plant) than in the compact Bike and MGG teams, though by Table 3 only UrPo and Plant exceeded both compact teams (Moon 5.7% vs MGG 16.9%); the larger teams also had problems engaging all members consistently. → Riikonen 2020
Evidence¶
Riikonen 2020¶
Riikonen, S., Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, P., & Hakkarainen, K. (2020). Bringing maker practices to school: tracing discursive and materially mediated aspects of student teams' collaborative making processes. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-020-09330-6
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Visual analysis of the teams' Making-Process-Rugs in Fig. 1, a hedges-level observation: "it appears that" the difference holds. Proportions in Table 3 do not follow team size consistently: off-task shares were Bike 5.4%, MGG 16.9%, Moon 5.7%, UrPo 29.1% and Plant 35.7%, so the six-member Moon team was below the compact MGG team. No effect size is printed.
"it appears that off-task (black color) activities were more common in larger groups (6 –7 members), specifically the Moon, UrPo and Plant teams, than in the compact Bike and MGG teams."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Student teams differed markedly in their application of computer engineering and product design practices and in their share of off-task activity — related
- The editorial reports that successful collaborative making teams resolved coordination challenges through intertwined social-discursive and materially mediated processes — related
- A shared epistemic object let a team with substantial off-task time (UrPo) still complete a successful co-invention — related
- Type of interdependence shifts the nature of interactions: no-structure groups show the most cognitive interactions, role groups the most group processing, and reward groups the most off-task behavior — related
- In this inquiry, student pairs work better than groups of three because larger groups risk disengaging members — a broader claim this one bears on
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Off-task activity appeared more common in the larger six-to-seven-member teams than in the compact teams, though not in every larger team |
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Off-task activity appeared more common in the larger six-to-seven-member teams than in the compact teams, though not in every larger team |
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2020 |
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2026-10-20 |
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